06-27-2010, 09:41 AM
[quote name='you2' date='27 June 2010 - 01:39 AM' timestamp='1277595576' post='720']
I've been debating for some time if I should pick up the 5dmk2. The two reasons I've held off so far are the size (I prefer smaller cameras) and a lot of people shots on the web have a bluish tint to the skin that I dislike. The images posted in the 5dmk2 thread lack the tint so maybe it is just bad post processing by the majority of folks.
Anyways a few years ago I picked up a new 125apo EOS. Never used (I hope it is a decent copy) on the pretense that I would eventually get a 5dmk2. My reasons for this lens was primarily APO (not macro) as I strongly dislike CA.
I've been using a 15-85 on an xsi with mixed results. I think the lens I have is fairly sharp but I often have to use 3x focal length when 100% pixel peeping to obtain critical sharpness (focus on the xsi seem reasonably accurate). The blur by this lens is imho rather poor (partly because it is a slow lens and partly because rendering is yucky). The contrast seems reasonably high and CA seem relatively low.
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I have a trip in a few weeks to alaska. I've been debating picking up a 5dmk2 with 35ze and either 90f3.5 or keeping the 125apo (hence this post).
Alternative I could take the xsi with the 15-85 and my old 50f1.7 c/y lens (which i can't focus well on this body).
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In addition i will be taking a 70-200f4 with 1.4x for whales and wildlife.
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I could pick up the 5dmk2 with 24-105 lens but from images on the web I suspect I would be unhappy with the 24-105 and better off with the 35f2 (or 40f2) and 90f3.5 (or 125apo).
I want to stress that I am not into macro photography but i normally use a 85-100mm lens for isolation/scenic.
35 is not quite as wide as i normally go (in film days I used 25f2.8 and 28f2.8; normally the 25 for street and 28 for landscape) but I'm not an ultra wide sort of person. However I DO like zeiss over-the-top micro-contrast (the way slight colour variation shows up with zeiss lenses). I would not consider buying the new 100f2 lens as it is too heavy and expensive and has too much CA.
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I don't know how much you paid for your 125 but the prices over at ebay are nothing short of insane right now.
It's a good time to sell it I think .... if you want to.
I've been debating for some time if I should pick up the 5dmk2. The two reasons I've held off so far are the size (I prefer smaller cameras) and a lot of people shots on the web have a bluish tint to the skin that I dislike. The images posted in the 5dmk2 thread lack the tint so maybe it is just bad post processing by the majority of folks.
Anyways a few years ago I picked up a new 125apo EOS. Never used (I hope it is a decent copy) on the pretense that I would eventually get a 5dmk2. My reasons for this lens was primarily APO (not macro) as I strongly dislike CA.
I've been using a 15-85 on an xsi with mixed results. I think the lens I have is fairly sharp but I often have to use 3x focal length when 100% pixel peeping to obtain critical sharpness (focus on the xsi seem reasonably accurate). The blur by this lens is imho rather poor (partly because it is a slow lens and partly because rendering is yucky). The contrast seems reasonably high and CA seem relatively low.
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I have a trip in a few weeks to alaska. I've been debating picking up a 5dmk2 with 35ze and either 90f3.5 or keeping the 125apo (hence this post).
Alternative I could take the xsi with the 15-85 and my old 50f1.7 c/y lens (which i can't focus well on this body).
-
In addition i will be taking a 70-200f4 with 1.4x for whales and wildlife.
--
I could pick up the 5dmk2 with 24-105 lens but from images on the web I suspect I would be unhappy with the 24-105 and better off with the 35f2 (or 40f2) and 90f3.5 (or 125apo).
I want to stress that I am not into macro photography but i normally use a 85-100mm lens for isolation/scenic.
35 is not quite as wide as i normally go (in film days I used 25f2.8 and 28f2.8; normally the 25 for street and 28 for landscape) but I'm not an ultra wide sort of person. However I DO like zeiss over-the-top micro-contrast (the way slight colour variation shows up with zeiss lenses). I would not consider buying the new 100f2 lens as it is too heavy and expensive and has too much CA.
Comments welcome <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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I don't know how much you paid for your 125 but the prices over at ebay are nothing short of insane right now.
It's a good time to sell it I think .... if you want to.